HSE Kerala Syllabus 

Higher Secondary First Year(Plus One) English

UNIT 1: GLIMPSES OF GREATNESS

• His First Flight (story) I will Fly (speech)
• Quest For the Theory of Everything (Profile)
• IF(poem)

UNIT 2: WORDS AND DEEDS

•  And Then Gandhi Came (Essay)
• The Price of Flowers (Short story)
• Death the Leveller (Poem)

UNIT 3: BEYOND THE HORIZON

• Third unit. Sunrise on the Hills (poem)
• The Trip of Lehorla (Short story)
• Sacred Turtles of Kandavu (based on Fijian legend)

UNIT 4: BRAVING THE HAZARDS

• Disasters and Disaster management (Essay)
• Serang of Ranaganji (Short story)
• The Wreck of the Titanic (poem)

UNIT 5: HARMONY OF LIFE

• The Chapters are Gooseberry (Story)
• To Sleep (poem)
• Going Out for a walk (Essay)

UNIT 6: LEAPS AND BOUNDS

• The Chapters are Cyber space (Essay)
• Is society dead? (Article)
• Conceptual Fruit (Short story)

 Higher Secondary Second Year (Plus Two) – English

 There are five units.

UNIT 1: FLIGHTS OF FREEDOM

• The 3Ls of Empowerment (speech)
• Any Woman (poem)
• Match Box (Story)
• Horegallu (anecdote)

 UNIT 2: HEIGHTS OF HARMONY

• Mending Wall (poem)
• Amigo Brothers (Story)
• The Hour of Truth (one act play)

UNIT 3: CHALLENGES OF LIFE

• A Three Wheeled Revolution (interview)
• Didi (life writing)
• Stammer (Poem)

UNIT 4: LIVE AND LET LIVE

• When A Sapling is Planted? (speech)
• Rice (poem)
• Dangers of Drug Abuse (essay)

UNIT 5: THE LIGHTER SIDE

• Post Early For Christmas ( one act play)
• This is Going to Hurt a Little Bit ( poem)
• Crime and Punishment ( Story)